Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 11, 1909
But jesting aside, my dear friends, there is no experience in my life more delightful than that which I have had in California.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Address at Glenwood Mission Inn in Riverside, California

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